There are as many people as there are stars...
There are as many encounters as there are stars...
And farewells...
I'll be going now.
Misumaru Family Grave
Yurika...
Are you getting along well with Akito-kun, Yurika?
}Are you getting along well with Akito-kun, Yurika?
Terminal Colony Number 8 - Shirahime
Yamabuki task force, back-up Blue group.
Roger.
First and second warning-defense lines have been breached!
Orange and Vermilion stay at your current position.
Red, pull back to point Alpha!
Wait!
If you kill us, then the research...
Secrecy demands your silence.
Purple Eye, fall back!
Purple Eye!
The belated man of revenge... So callow.
Vanish!
United Earth Space Fleet Third Fleet Battleship Amaryllis
Shirahime?! Shirahime?!
Please respond?!
Highest priority on retrieval of all injured!
Shirahime?! Shirahime?!
Raise field and approach!
Please respond?!
Bose particles increasing!
What?
Magnifying image on screen!
Change sensors!
Aye!
What... What is that...?
What is this?
MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO
The United Earth has called for the emergency General Assembly to be
convened in an effort to decide upon measures in response to...
Did you hear?
What?
...said it really was!
Of course, it's only a rumor.
It came out of nowhere and said, "I curse you all."
Ghost...
Robot?
The Hisago Plan!
The grand web that spans space, the Hisago Plan...
Four of the colonies that make up part of this network
have been destroyed one after another!
Four in a row!
For what purpose? Who is doing this?
This cannot be forgiven!
We're not going to go with "Saturn Lizards" this time, are we?
What? What is that supposed to mean?!
One source has attributed all this to a conspiracy by a certain nation.
We heard the same thing about you as well!
Shut up, lizard breath!
What was that?! Outside! Now!
Order! Please everyone, order!
This has been footage from the floor
of the United Earth General Assembly.
I saw it!
It was a boson jump!
But didn't reports indicate that the explosion of the colony
was wreaking havoc on the sensors of nearby ships?
Are you saying my observation was mistaken?
Exactly!
Think about it!
Neither the Earth nor the Jovian Federation is capable
of building an eight-meter tall robot that can boson jump!
Damn it!
Come, come, no need for that.
Those numbskulls aren't at all serious about getting to the bottom of this.
Some Accident Investigations Committee!
And so the United Earth Space Fleet is left out in the cold.
This is to be a joint investigation in the hands of the
Investigations Committee and the Unified Forces Command.
Admiral!
Well, I suppose we can't just sit and watch everything happen.
That's why I've already dispatched yours truly...
The Nadesico.
The Nadesico?
Hello...
Sabu-chan!
I haven't heard from you for quite a while.
You owe us!
Hey, Sabu!
Why haven't you called me back?
You'd better not be playing around with other women,
or else I'm going to make you pay!
This has been your visual answering machine service.
The girls are all over you, aren't they, Saburota-san?
Oh, you were watching?
How could I miss it?
Oh, yeah.
I was under the impression that officers
of the Jovian Federation were all very dedicated and gallant.
Well, I appreciate you thinking that.
Lieutenant Takasugi!
Confirming the terminal colony Takiri dead ahead.
Increasing distortion field to maximum power!
Confirming route.
Takiri to Sayori to Tagitsu to final destination, Amaterasu!
Raise optical barrier.
All hands, please go through final check procedure.
Closing communications links.
Living quarters readied for jump.
Energy systems, are okay to go!
Ship alert status pattern B!
No abnormality in field output.
And everything else checks out a-okay!
GOOD JOB!
Fermion to boson conversion proceeding normally.
All decks condition Green.
Increasing intensity level... 6, 7, 8, 9...
Jump.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the terminal colony, Amaterasu.
From the United Earth Space Fleet Fourth Fleet,
this is the experimental battleship Nadesico B.
We request navigational assistance to Amaterasu.
Acknowledged.
And it's all work from here.
Saburota-san!
Navigation system, connect to Amaterasu.
Requesting guidance for parking and docking.
Acknowledged.
Who the hell are you?!
Lieutenant Commander Ruri Hoshino, United Earth Space Fleet.
Lieutenant Saburota Takasugi, UESF as well.
I don't care about any of that!
What I want to know is what the hell are you doing here?!
I am not aware of any issues that would arise from
UESF entering into UE property such as this colony.
This is the central core of the Hisago Plan!
Did you get permission from the Development Corporation?!
We wouldn't be here if we didn't get it.
What was that?!
Oh, no, that was just his Yokohama dialect kicking in.
No really.
In the previous Shirahime Incident,
an abnormal increase of bosons were reported.
If there are any problems with the management of the jump system,
the adjacent navigation routes and colonies will be affected.
The emergency inspection clause of the Colony Administration Law
can be applied to such cases, so please understand.
Hell, just think of this as being a gas leak inspection.
There are no shortcomings in the Hisago Plan!
Please, Admiral.
"To protect the peace of greater space,"
is the stated mission of our dear UE Space Fleet.
Let us have faith in the Commander who is passionate
about fulfilling her duty as part of that mission.
Hello, everyone!
Hello!
Welcome to the guided tour of the Hisago Plan,
the research center for the transportation mode of the future: boson jumping!
Your guide will be me, Mayumi-oneesan, and...
Me, Hisagon!
And today we have a special guest among us.
Today, your tour around this facility will be accompanied by the...
Yes, the...
The youngest ever captain and the beautiful child prodigy,
Lieutenant Commander Ruri Hoshino of the United Earth Space Fleet.
Nice to meet you.
An inspection with children accompanying?
Oh, I just love this!
I feel sorry for the Commander with what we're making her go through.
I suppose the Space Fleet Command feels they need
to save face regarding these latest incidents.
Space Fleet Command has no face to save!
What is that brat doing here?!
It's just them making a point, the Space Fleet of course.
We can think of her as a simple child on an errand.
Then better to send the kid back as soon as we can!
Well...
All sectors clear up to 11001.
Ready to go?
Search data, silk-strained.
Relay the soups to me once they're done.
Hold speed steady at moderate wanko rate.
Yo!
Why did you get so spooked like that?
Please don't enter the window bowl
without asking me first.
Oh, come on.
It's not as if we're strangers that never spent lots of time together.
What?! What are you saying, you sex crazed maniac?!
But is this right?
What now? Mood Swing-R-Us, aren't you?
But this is hacking.
Even if they are not willing to cooperate...
What else can we do?
It looks like both the Investigations Committee and
the Unified Forces are hiding something.
But this is so unfair to the Captain.
Is this the mouth that's getting so sentimental all of a sudden?
Hey, the Captain is nice enough to play the part of being the clown.
Let's use this opportunity to get as much as we can, all right?
Okay...
And that's it on the difficult subject of super-symmetry and such!
Did you all understand it?
I don't get it!
Well in other words, by going through these Chulips,
it's possible to travel between long distances,
such as from Earth to Mars.
But at this point, normal people are not able to use this system.
If regular people need to use this, they need to have their bodies...
Re-engineered?
Well, it's not like they have to do that much.
They take the DNA and...
They were talking about it on TV.
They, well, adjust it so that...
Oh, really?
You don't have to be oversensitive on my account.
Oh, well yes...
Right now, for a regular person to be able to boson jump on their own,
they have to have their DNA altered a little.
Are you a re-engineered person, Commander?
Yes, I am.
Wow! It's true!
Actually, if you use a powerful enough distortion field,
then a normal person can go through a boson jump too.
Like on board a military vessel.
Welcome to Amaterasu!
Yup, here we go.
There are entire blocks that aren't listed in the official blue prints.
I guess there are reasons why all these raids are taking place.
Come on, let's dive in!
Human experiments in boson jumping?
This is all unsanctioned.
Hey, wait a minute...
WARNING
Change modes. Omoikane, Data block!
Guide intruding program to bypass!
What?!
What the hell is this?
Welcome...
Welcome to Amaterasu.
What the hell is this?
Get this under control now! Pronto!
Yes! Imagine if we fall under attack now!
Yes, yes!
We're doing the best we can to get things under control.
This is Operations.
Please calm down. Yes, this will all be under control soon.
Contact with windows will not cause any harm.
Please remain calm.
Please calm down. Everyone please!
Form two lines now. Come on, keep quiet.
Harry-kun, did you mess up?
It wasn't me! Hey, calm down.
It wasn't me!
Amaterasu's computers are fighting among themselves!
Fighting?
Yes, that's right! Exactly!
Amaterasu contains an unofficial system within itself.
It seems the unknown system is revealing its presence to everyone
or just laughing out loud, and that's making all this mess.
What? Captain?!
Where are you going, Captain?
Oh, please wait for me, Captain!
Captain, could you please hold on just a second! Where are you going?
I'm heading back to the Nadesico.
What?
The enemy will come soon!
What?!
Increased reading of Bose particles!
Total height, approximately ten meters.
Width, approximately fifteen meters!
Target cannot be identified. Not responding to any hails.
Sorry! Excuse us!
I can't say how much I appreciate this.
Oh, don't worry.
Doesn't this get you all excited and stuff?
My premonition was right. The enemy came.
Was that a code? Or a coincidence?
But he...
But the two...
Ruri-chan!
INTERCEPT
3rd Company, move back.
Kirutansasu, hold your current position!
No pain, no gain!
What are you talking about, Admiral?
I'm permitting the use of weapons near and inside the colony!
What?!
But Admiral, the colony will be...
Easier to strike at a fly that has attached itself to something.
I will allow some sacrifices to be made!
I gotcha!
Time to move out, you bums!
EVASIVE ACTION
Too slow!
All right? Can you move?
God damn son of a...
Sorry!
Sorry for the delay.
WELCOME HOME
Go into combat mode and standby.
We will monitor the situation for awhile.
We're not going to join in?
Nadesico B's priority will be the
orderly evacuation of personnel from the colony.
Besides, it appears that they don't want our help.
I see...
That's right!
The Unified Forces has now become an invincible military force
ready to defeat the enemy on land, sea, air, or in space!
The Space Fleet is but an obsolete relic!
Just sit back and enjoy the view!
He sure is pumped up.
Hari-kun, hack into Amaterasu once more.
What? Again, Captain?
Yes...
The keyword is "AKITO."
What?
Akito? What is that?
Hey, Captain?! Captain?!
Raise IFS feedback to level 10.
All stations, go to alert status pattern A.
Start total systems control.
Akito...
Stop saying "Akito, Akito" all the time!
Damn it, stop getting in my way!
That's my target!
The enemy has moved back to the second defense line.
Friendly high mobile units are continuing with pursuit.
There you see, Shinjyuu-kun.
This is the might of the Unified Forces. The new force!
I see...
Damn Space Fleet deadbeats.
They may have pushed people around during the war, but not anymore!
Banzai for the United Earth Unified Peace Keeping Forces!
Banzai for the Hisago Plan!
Increased reading of Bose particles!
What?
The guard units have taken a gravity blast on their flank.
Heavy losses!
Estimating total mass...
It's a battleship class unit!
A battleship that can jump?
Do you think it's Nergal?
Hard to say...
What about them?
They said, "be here in five minutes."
Oh boy, this is close!
Emergency orders. Evacuation in five minutes!
Hello to all evacuees on board.
I'm the captain of this ship, Lieutenant Commander Hoshino-san.
The Nadesico will leave Amaterasu and move out to
the second defense line to aid in the rescue of the injured.
Nadesico B has left its port in Amaterasu!
Who cares about a brat like her!
Counterattack against the enemy battleship!
Bring the Kirutantasu and Yoimachizuki about.
Now!
Yes, Sir!
Lapis, Lapis...
Lapis...
Lapis!
Damn it!
I'm after him!
Get the hell out of my way!
There!
You suck!
We'll cover you.
If you can keep up!
The sudden attack and raid.
A diversion from an ambush masked as a counterattack.
All the while another raid, now from a different attack route.
That's something.
Ryoko-san is amazing as well for catching on to this.
What do we do?
Let's wait a little more.
What?
The enemy's objective...
The enemy's true objective...
Aren't you interested in finding out?
Jettison!
Jettisoning!
What?!
Damn it!
You think you're Gekigangar?!
Shoot it down!
Fire, fire, and fire some more!
Fire!
Fire everything you got!
Bastard!
Fire!
Shoot it down!
Shoot to kill!
You jackasses!
You're just getting in the way!
Shut up and get out!
What was that?!
I haven't got time for you!
You're in my way!
You're one to talk!
Why you...
The gate is open. Is that a good idea?
What?
Gate Number 13, opening.
Consequence of enemy hacking.
Thirteen? What is that?
I don't know anything about this.
As it so happens, there is a Gate 13, Admiral.
What is that supposed to mean?
It means that the charade is over.
The man's persistence...
Eat this!
It has been quite some time, Ryoko-san.
Yeah, about two years now.
You're looking good.
You certainly are amazing.
Hell, knocking over unmanned drones doesn't amount to anything.
It appears like they are part of a trap designed to
counter any intruder, regardless of friend or foe.
What?
There are no more traps ahead.
I'll guide you from here.
Thanks...
Hey, you've hacked into somebody else's system, haven't you?!
The enemy is doing it as well, and this is an emergency.
Oh, the person actually doing the work is Hari-kun, right here.
Captain, how mean!
The enemy has reached the fifth isolation firewall.
Intiate Plan B!
Dispatch to all branches, "Carry out calmly."
I'm not going to run!
Yes, Sir!
Admiral, please be quiet.
Lieutenant Colonel Shinjyuu...
What are you doing?!
Who the hell are you?!
Enemy of Earth... Enemy of Jupiter... Enemy of all corruption...
What?!
We are...
The Martian Successors!
All right, keep it right there.
I was just asked to do this.
This girl here wants to talk to you.
Hello, I'm Lieutenant Commander Ruri Hoshino of the UE Space Fleet.
I'm sorry for being so pushy,
but since you locked out all window communication links,
I asked Ryoko-san to act as a relay.
Please tell me...
Who might you be?
Who are you?
Lapis, analyze password.
Please enter the password, okay?!
Password Confirmed
There's no time. You can watch if you want.
What?!
Ruri, are you getting this!
Ryoko-san...
What the hell is this?
Ryoko-san, please calm down.
What is that?
Ryoko-san...
What the hell is this?!
Ryoko-san!
It's shape may have changed, but nevertheless it's the Ruin.
The ruin on Mars that Earth and Jupiter were fighting over in the last war.
The black box in boson jump technology.
So this was at the heart of the Hisago Plan.
That's right.
Ruri...
Yes?
They must be turning in their graves!
Ryoko-san...
What the hell is this thing doing here?!
For the sake of mankind's future!
Vice Admiral Kusakabe?
Ryoko-chan, hard right!
The Hisago Plan is now the domain of the Martian Successors!
We are sorry to do this directly after occupying your ship.
We will now
destroy and abandon Amaterasu.
Everyone, regardless of enemy, friend, or civilian,
How considerate of them.
evacuate immediately from this space.
Did you get the data?
Ah! Aye, Sir.
I repeat...
Are you all right, Ryoko-san?
Guess things don't look so good.
Can you move?
Too close...
Damn it!
This has nothing to do with you. Run now!
I'm on it.
What the hell?
Between dusk and dawn,
A starry spiral stretches, shaped just like a gourd,
Reaching the heavens above, Amatsukuni beckons.
Do you wish to die in front of your woman?
Woman?!
What?
EVACUATION COMPLETE
Akito! It's you, isn't it?!
That's why you called me Ryoko-chan, right?!
Hey!
Vanish.
Long time no see, and here I am!
No! Go back!
Yurika and Akito are...
I'm sorry, Captain's orders.
Ruri!
Come in, damn it!
You can hear me!
You saw what I saw!
Those two were alive!
They were alive, Ruri!
We're going leave them out in the cold again?
Damn it! Damn it!
All hands stand down.
We will leave this sector as soon as we have retrieved the Takasugi Aestivalis.
Aye, aye.
Haruki Kusakabe...
Former Jovian Federation Vice-Admiral.
The de facto number one of the Jovian Federation during the war.
The young anti-Kusakabe officers launched a hot blooded coup d'etat.
When this broke out, he was in the forefront of fighting,
and he supposedly went missing during the combat, but...
Seems he was still alive.
As a former member of the Jovian Federation,
I really feel sorry about this.
Please, please...
According to the data brought back by Commander Hoshino,
many are supporting Kusakabe's cause.
Numerous military officers, politicians, and others,
all strongly tied to the development of the Hisago Plan,
are considered to be in his camp.
In other words, the United Earth ended up preparing
the Hisago Plan just so Kusakabe could use it to his end.
Yes!
At the core is the Crimson Group, who initiated the Hisago Plan...
Ruri-kun, you need not stand to respond.
Aye, Sir.
It appears the confederacy of anti-Nergal industries and Kusakabe
were already in contact with one another during the war.
Their objective is the total domination of boson jumping,
as well as the economy and government.
In the past, Admiral Kusakabe constantly stressed
the dangers and importance of boson jumping.
He may feel that he is carrying out a just cause,
but I don't think subjugated people will see it that way.
I agree.
Akiyama-kun...
Yes, Sir?
What kind of a man is Kusakabe?
How did he appear to you?
You were his direct subordinate for some time.
A hot-blooded man who was second to none in his devotion to righteousness.
A man who could die to realize his ideals.
But the problem was that he was a man who believed wholeheartedly
that righteousness in his eyes would be righteousness in the eyes of others.
Nadesico C?
That's right, the third generation of Nadesico.
C as in A, B, and C.
It's currently going through final checking procedures in the Nergal dock on the Moon.
We would like to assign you the top secret mission of retaking the Ruin,
as an independent Nadesico force.
If so, we should not recruit any regular enlisted crew for this mission.
Exactly!
What are we going to do?
Leave all the details to me!
What?
Hello from deep blue water!
Nergal Heavy Industries Prospector
And so we'll be cooperating with your efforts.
Prospector?
Is that your real name?
Oh no, it's like a pseudonym that I use.
I suppose we should split up and go get our crew.
History repeats itself.
I suppose this will be a reunion of a sort, won't it?
Yes!
But I must say, Ruri-san, it has been so long.
Yes, it has been.
But there are three of us.
With the three of us together, we can defeat any enemy!
Hello!
Oh wow, it's been awhile, Ruriruri!
The real thing! The actual original pages of artwork!
Nadesico C?
Yes.
This next assignment is top secret...
Professionals are really something when it comes to inking!
we can't have any regular enlisted people involved, so that's why...
Well...
Okay.
That was a quick response.
Don't you have a serial to manage?
Oh, you don't know just how perfect your timing is.
The deadline's tonight and I was in a real bind with my assistants
suddenly getting sick and going to parties.
Ah, I see.
Oh great, no visual again.
How are you doing, Sensei?
Hello, who is this? I'm Hari.
Sensei ? What's wrong, Sensei ?
I'm small so I don't understand. Bye.
Sensei ? Sensei ?!
Sensei !
God, what am I doing...?
Hey, that's fine. Just right. Keep it up like that!
Ruriruri, use 61 and double layer for shadows, okay?
Yes...
Sabu-chan, make that dot rendering radiate love.
I gotcha.
Hari-kun, make that curry mega-spicy, okay?
Yes!.
What's impossible alone can become possible with four!
All right! Only another twelve pages to go!
Oh please, come right in!
Yo-chan, are you happy? Happy?
Oh yeah, oh yeah. I'm really happy.
One step, second step, third step...
Please take me with you on your walk.
No I can't Pochi, because you're a dog.
And you'll get hit by a stick.
Make money off of getting hit? No, that's a bat.
What you put in your brassier? No, that's a pad.
Hit it big with a job, hit it off with shopping...
Are you an acquaintance of Mama?
A comrade-in-arms.
Hit it big with a job...
Money gets around in this world,
So enjoy life while you still can...
Ruri Hoshino, systems operator. I'm eleven years old.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you.
Ruri-chan, nice to meet you!
Oh wow, you're adorable!
Let's be friends, okay?
The Nadesico will head to Mars!
Akito, Akito!
Oh, listen to me, Akito!
Boson jumping is reverse engineered technology based purely
on what Earth and the Jovian Federation have unearthed on Mars.
For now, who finds the right Ruin first and excavates it means more
to the outcome of the war than technological innovation and such.
Is that all there is to it?
I suppose it is.
But if that search leads to a discovery of something
that can impact the existence of space itself then...
SHUTTLE CRASH
Professor Inez Fressange (aged 30) is now missing following an aircraft accident.Presumed dead.
Oh, mama! You're looking good!
Where are you headed?
Wanna ride?
Maybe next time!
Oh, excuse me!
I'm home!
I did it, Minato-san!
I've been selected to be in as a junior member!
What?!
I'm sorry. Something's come up.
I'll be out for awhile. Bye!
I'm sorry. Something's come up.
She blew me a kiss. I'm sorry. Something's come up.
She blew me a kiss. I'll be out for awhile. Bye!
Something's fishy...
Don't you think so too?
I must say...
It appears the United Earth and the UEAF
are in disarray thanks to this development.
It's not too surprising.
What are the perpetuators up to?
Aye, Sir.
The enemy, Martian Successors,
have occupied the Mars Polar Ruin site.
Those sympathizing with Kusakabe's cause are gathering there as we speak.
Around thirty percent of the Unified Forces are now on his side.
It appears that the marginalized member nations of the UE
are moving toward unofficially endorsing the cause.
With the Space Fleet so small, few are dropping out for Kusakabe.
We were fortunate!
No, we are not fortunate!
They are traitors!
How can you be so soft on them like this?!
Well, terrorist movements like these look courageous and noble,
with its simplicity and clarity and such.
Please...
Commander Aoi-san, line from outside.
Hello, Jun-chan. How are you doing?
Why did you patch her through?!
She indicated that she was a very close acquaintance of you, Sir.
Hey, Minato-san is headed your way, right?
What? I can't say.
Don't play stupid with me!
I don't care if it's Nergal or the Space Fleet,
but you're up to something, aren't you?!
I'm right, aren't I?! I knew it! You're hiding something!
For Heaven's sake, this is classified information.
There, I knew you were hiding something!
Oh please, tell me!
Aoi-sani, you're the only person I can count on.
If you tell me, I'll go out with you or do whatever else you want to do.
I won't be fussy!
I'll be yours truly!
Idiot! Just listen to yourself.
Hey! You over there!
Aoi is quite the capable person but,
he's just too nice at times.
I understand.
Just look at how a high school girl has him by the nose.
Hey! I've had enough of this!
Summer skies above,
Slow to come, wind of Spring love,
The gust engulfs Jun.
Hello?!
He's out right now?
Yes...
He's at a neighborhood meeting.
Well, do you have some business with him?
Well, actually...
No, it's nothing.
We just came by because we were in the neighborhood.
You must be excited about your new baby.
NOT PARTICIPATING
That's the twentieth...
Another glorious former warrior dropping out.
Here's your Mars Bowl!
Oh, thank you.
Hari, that's enough.
But...
But what?
Is it this important to reassemble the old crew members?
It is.
What's wrong with us doing it alone?
Everyday Tranquility
Okay, we need the Aestevalis pilots.
Closed for preparations
But I can manage the ship's navigation just fine alone.
And Saburota-san can take care of the combat C&C by himself.
We're the greatest team assembled in the United Earth Space Fleet!
People who retired to their civilian jobs have lives of their own now!
Are there any real meaningful reasons behind going through all this
to assemble together the all-star cast of yesterday?
Hari, quit it already!
Please Captain!
You need to tell me.
Hari!
Do I come across as being that undependable?
Captain?!
Howmei-san, I'd like another please.
Hari!
Hey, you're gonna stick us with your share of the tab?
Can't believe the fall didn't hurt him.
Sure you don't need to go after him?
It's fine.
Are you sure?
We can't defeat the enemy on our own.
I'm certain that he's well aware of that.
Well, there are things that he might know, but just can't accept.
We are humans after all.
I'm betting he's jealous.
He's jealous about your old crew.
Jealous about the old Nadesico.
Jealous?
Now where should I start...
You're a fool, Captain. You're such a fool.
A fool she may be, but I have to go back to the lodge later.
How am I going to be able to look at them after this?
Ah, you're a bold one.
Oh, I didn't mean to... Well, that is...
I'm sorry!
Yes?
Oh, you're crying.
Then I guess you're in no mood to give me directions, I suppose.
You can't be serious, my dear pretty maiden-san!
Let's just move on now!
I am an officer in the fleet after all.
I know this neighborhood like the back of my hand!
Really?
I'm looking for a restaurant named "Everyday Tranquility."
Yes?
Everyday Tranquility?
What's wrong?
I know the place, but...
If I go back right now, I won't look so good.
Do you feel better now?
Yes, I'm all right now.
Thank you for everything.
You're being so nice to someone you've just met.
Hari-kun?
Yep, I knew it.
You were everywhere in the letters that Ruriruri wrote to me,
so that tipped me off.
Me?
Yes!
"I have a younger brother now.
"His background is similar to mine but unlike me,
"he's a bright and well behaved boy."
You were on the Nadesico?
Let her pamper you, otouto-kun.
Hari-kun, let's go home.
You pay your share of the tab!
What do we toast to?
To a long overdue reunion and to Hari-kun.
So, are you coming again? On board the Nadesico C?
Well let me see.
When I first heard from Pros-san,
I was planning on just meeting Ruriruri again and then going back, but...
Now that I've seen her, I can't bring myself to do that anymore.
I know.
She's pushing it. She's not showing it much, but...
Responsibilities as Captain... Accomplishing the mission...
And the enemy is no pushover.
Too bad she can't cut loose in times like this.
Captain?
Captain...
What's going on?
The imaging communication effectiveness is decreasing.
Increasing noise.
Isn't there anything you can do?
Call off the navigator's visualization!
Revert to main systems.
Oh, not again.
Cut all circuits.
Ah, it seems she's still in a bad mood.
Pleasing a princess isn't easy. What?
Oh yes, that's Miki-chan and the others' idea.
I see...
They were complaining that keeping her unclothed was sexual harassment.
Doesn't that make it even more suggestive?
The Battle for Terminal Colony Number 13 - Sakuya
Maintain position no matter what!
A little longer, just a little longer! All majin units have been lost.
Reinforcements will come!
Unified Forces Third Fleet Flagship ukimachizuki
The enemy's strength has gone below fifty percent!
We have suffered losses of three percent.
This is going well.
I've just been informed that the 5th fleet
has managed to knock out the Kushinada.
Right, time for us to urge them to surrender.
What was that?!
Engineering's been hit! We're under attack!
What?!
17 vessels sunk
V!
Congratulations, Professor Yamasaki.
Can we call this a spectacular success, Yamasaki-kun?
Yes.
Imaging communication effectiveness of ninety-eight percent.
At this rate, the accuracy of the jump will be high enough that the
navigator should reach the intended destination almost exactly.
I see.
The key to success this time was this.
Ururun?
Shojo manga and boson jumping...
Let's have you explain this to us in a clear manner.
The stars glimmer as the hearts of people.
Tenkawa...
He's on Earth...
Have I kept you long?
Oh, no...
Destined to become a star in space tomorrow.
Ruri Hoshino
Ensign Hari Makibi...
Aye, Ma'am!
I have a special mission for you.
Tomorrow at eight in the morning,
you are to conduct a long distance boson jump
to the Nergal lunar factory.
Please go through the final check procedure of the Nadesico C.
The Moon?
But won't we be able to use Chulips?
This will be a singular jump navigated by a Class A Jumper.
Movement by shuttle will leave you vulnerable to attack,
making this the safest means of getting there.
I'll leave Omoikane to you.
Fruit basket!
Oh, yeah! I win!
One more time!
One more match!
Sure, as many times as you like.
Anyone like you who only knows pushing is easy to defeat.
Shut up! Get ready, ya bum!
Why sure.
Is this a good idea?
I'll show you what a career soldier can really do!
However talented Hikaru-san may be,
two years is a long time to be away from the cockpit.
For the purposes of intensive short term,
authentic interactive combat simulation,
this game is perfect!
Oh, no!
Lychee, Lyche-ru Flashing Bright Attack!
You're cutting it pretty close there.
Damn it!
There you go again, trying to force it.
Lychee, Lyche-ru Shooting Star Kick!
Still, Hikaru-kun is amazing, isn't she?
This is nothing.
She's still at about sixty percent of where she used to be.
We need to have them be able to fight those monsters on an equal footing.
Have you found out about their latest plans?
No...
But we do know that they are in Japan.
We also know what their goal is.
Ah, it appears the trio is back together.
Gotta ketchup?
Prince in black...
Are you...
"Are you changing into someone I do not know?"
"I am changing myself..."
"I'm afraid of how I'm changing."
"It's a festival day!"
Oh, that's the next manga.
The couple's hearts drift apart.
To be continued in the September issue.
I believe this has been adequate.
The source of the system outbursts stems from dreams.
What we visualize is relayed to the jump system
via the human translator Yurika Misumaru.
The dreams she is experiencing are acting like a form of noise,
bringing about the system outbursts.
Step right up now!
We were amplifying the input image so that
it could override Captain Misumaru's dreams.
But this time we incorporated romantic imagery into the input.
So that's the reason for Ururun?
Yes...
We have used the dreams of girls to our advantage.
Right now, she's dreaming about having a date with her boyfriend,
causing the imaging effectiveness to skyrocket.
Truly, a victory made possible by our technology!
Where do you want to go, Akito?
Chichibu Mountains.
Tomorrow is the day.
Your accurate jump is proof, isn't it?
Yes...
All the information we have gathered about
the specific locations will be of aid in this.
What is our mission after this?
Do we just watch?
No, we will merely return to our original mission.
Then...
The Doll and the Test Subject...
Lapis...
Did you sleep well last night, Ensign Makibi?
I suppose...
So, how did it go?
What? How did what go?
Oh, come on, I know all about it.
You stayed with the Captain last night, right?
How'd you know?
So, was she all nice to you?
Well, yes...
Oh, is that so... And?
I was treated to a fruity flavored milk drink and...
And then? And then?
We held hands and went asleep.
Basement floor
We have little time. Let's hurry.
UESF Underground Jump Experimentation Dome
All systems normal.
Jumper's heart rate and temperature, normal.
How do you feel, Ensign Makibi?
Well... I feel like I've been made into a stringed puppet.
That's all there so we can monitor your physical and
psychological conditions right up to when you jump.
Please bear with it.
Aye, aye.
Hari, see you on the Moon!
Okay!
The navigator has entered into the center of the circle.
Beginning activation of crystals.
I'm Hari Makibi. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
This is the first time I've met a Class A Jumper.
I see. I will be conducting the visualization of the destination.
You just close your eyes and breathe easy.
Think of something fun or happy or anything else that will help you relax.
Relax, relax...
Activation of the Chulip Crystals is progressing normally.
Increasing levels of photons, gravitons, and pi mesons.
Synchronization of Jumper and Navigator progressing normally.
Boson exchange ratio increasing!
All right, get out there!
Let's go, Makibi-kun.
Yes!
What's up?
The princess moved.
Get real.
Maybe someone jumped somewhere.
You're just seeing things.
What is it?
Hari-kun should have jumped to the Moon by now.
I said you should go see him off.
No third time.
I know it's unscientific, but I don't want the luck to change.
You're just stubborn.
Akito-kun?
Today is the second anniversary.
I should have realized sooner.
There were many others who either died or disappeared,
besides Akito-san, the Captain, and Inez-san back then.
Class A Boson Jumpers...
Navigators who can accurately communicate to the Ruin they want to jump to.
They were all abducted by the Martian Successors, weren't they?
Abducted?
Akito-san, I have no idea what you went through these last two years.
You don't want to know.
I don't want to know either, but...
But... Why?
Why couldn't you tell me that you were still alive?
Because there was no reason to.
I see.
How could you say such a thing?!
Aren't you the same person who said you wanted to take Ruri into your home?
Apologize Akito-kun!
Apologize now!
Ruri's been worried to death about you!
Akito-kun?
You are lax, Akito Tenkawa.
You'll be coming with us.
Who is that?
I say again, come now!
Akito-kun...
You may sever a limb.
Slice!
This has nothing to do with you.
Run now.
Escape is not an option in a situation like this.
I think you're right.
The woman?
Kill her.
And the girl?
Capture her.
Golden eyes like that of Lapis...
A white fairy created by the technology of man...
It appears that the people of Earth are infatuated with genetic alterations.
Thou shall become a cornerstone to
the glorious research being conducted at our society's laboratory.
You're the ones, aren't you?
The raiders that have been going about abducting the Class A Jumpers.
Correct.
We are the shadows of the Martian Successors.
Vile men treading a path men should not tread!
All for the glory of the new order!
What?!
Talk of a new order is truly laughable.
It is true that new order only comes after destruction and chaos.
It is natural that birth is accompanied by so much pain.
But Kusakabe has no virtue.
It's been some time, Gen-Ichiro Tsukuomi.
Just listen to the traitor that sold out Jupiter bark.
Correct. Traitor to a friend... Traitor to Jupiter...
And now I am but a dog of Nergal.
Sir!
Calm yourself.
It appears your attachment to Tenkawa will be your demise, Hokushin!
It's been a while, Minato.
I guess so.
This is a place reserved for the dead to rest peacefully.
Surrender yourselves quietly.
If I don't?
Hell will be your new home.
We'll see about that.
Re'puu!
Right!
Jovian Federation style swordsmanship is not an assassin's skill.
No way!
Jovian Federation style yawara...
No sword of wickedness can defeat my yawara.
Surrender, Hokushin!
Leap!
What?!
Boson jump?!
Akito Tenkawa, we'll meet again.
Independent... boson jumping?
Yurika has fallen under their spell.
What?
Kusakabe's big offensive will come soon, so...
So?
I have something I'd like you to have.
New Tokyo Bayside International Airport Spacecraft Runway B
Hey everyone, it's been quite a while!
I don't think you've forgotten, but just to be sure
We'll cover for crew chief Uribatake's absence, right?!
I, Nergal President Akatsuki Nagare...
Time to show 'em the spirit of the maintenance crew!!
look forward to serving together.
Onward maintenance crew!
Later!
Akatsuki-kun's fallen quite low.
Simply stated, the itinerary consists of using
the jet propulsion powered mother-ship to reach very high altitude.
They don't even draw him with shadows!
Ochime...
And from there the shuttle will be jettisoned and use its
rocket motor to go beyond the stratosphere.
Ochimee
The ETA to the Moon will be 1400 hours standard Japan time.
That is all.
Ruriruri?
Yes?
What did Akito-kun give you?
It's a recipe.
A recipe?
The Tenkawa Special Ramen recipe.
Oh, the one he offered out of his street cart.
Yes...
I can't accept this from you!
This is something that you'll need after you've rescued Yurika-san.
I have no use for it anymore.
The Akito Tenkawa that you knew is dead.
I would like you to keep it as proof of his existence.
You're being a showoff.
You don't understand, Ruri-chan.
They messed around with my brain while they were experimenting on me.
Ever since then...
My sense of taste, you see,
was especially hard hit.
When I get excited, it all shines up.
It's like a manga, isn't it?
I won't be able to make ramen for you anymore.
Look forward to the victory celebration we'll be preparing!
Strange how we're on the side, seeing them off.
Pros-san!
Howmei-san!
Hello!
Well, well. But they've already taken off.
No, they have a different mission to work on.
Another mission?
Okay, everyone, time for us to go.
Yes, Sir!
Please sit back and enjoy the flight now.
Would you like some beverages?
We have juices, colas, beers, whisky, and beer snacks as well!
The beautiful legs!
Hey, hey, wait a minute, Yukina!
What the heck are you doing here?!
I'd like some hiyashi ame.
Right up!
Durian juice.
We have more important business to deal with!
You've got school! You should go home right now!
It's summer vacation time.
What about track and field?! You've got intramural races coming up!
That's the week after next.
And besides, if the mission fails, they'll be called off, right?
You're a fool! Go back home!
Hey, Jun-kun!
Hey, knock it off! How did you get yourself into this?!
Oh... Well I...
Nobody is going to take you seriously when you're dressed like that.
Yeah...
You're so cute!
Minato-san...
Let's talk about this later, after we reach the Moon.
Oh yes, yes. Later is better.
You know, you're going to get burnt really bad one of these days.
Yes, yes.
Main boosters full power!
5 G! 6 G!
Just a little more. A little more, Izumi.
What the hell are those two up to?
Supposedly they're reenacting leaving the Earth's atmosphere
in the style of old anime.
I see...
To note, shuttles in 23rd century
are comfortable and simple, thanks to gravity control systems!
What?!
We've reached stationary satellite orbit.
Well at least the ride so far's been...
Not pleasant!
What? Something go wrong?
You knew that she was on board, didn't you?!
Shiratori's younger sister? Yes, I did.
I don't believe it! Why didn't you tell me?
Because I wanted to avoid unnecessary hassles before we took off.
Unnecessary?!
Just listen.
That girl is the younger sister of Shiratori Tsukumo,
hero to the Jovian Federation.
They might be after her as their next target.
It would be more dangerous to leave her alone.
Rendezvousing with our escort fleet.
I'm Araragi, commander of this fleet. It's nice to meet you.
I'm Ruri Hoshino, captain of Nadesico.
Nice to meet you, Sir, and thank you.
No, please, escorting a fairy such as yourself...
The honor of being your knight is entirely ours.
The white flower which has bloomed in blue space;
Ruri Hoshino, the Cybernetic Fairy...
My men refer you as the Cybernetic Fairy.
You are truly a lovely sight to behold.
Yes, thank you.
Please send my regards to your subordinates as well.
The Cybernetic Fairy was adorable, wasn't she?
Yes, truly a treasure of space.
I got that visual recorded just fine, Sir!
All right, we'll show it to the others later.
Boson particle readings are increasing 5000 km ahead of us!
What?!
Enemy convoy dead ahead!
Battleship, frigate...
Civilian shuttle, our target!
Behold, as this surely is the covert operations ship
that our intelligence was speaking of!
All units, ignore the battleship, get the shuttle!
Aye, aye, Sir!
All units, full speed ahead!
Form a diamond shaped formation to puncture through the enemy!
The shuttle will accelerate ahead.
Okay now, leave this to the specialist from now on.
All crewmembers, wear your seat belts. Prepare for shock.
All right.
So you want me to shoot straight through the enemy?
Yes, just blast ahead and let us escape them please.
Aye, aye!
The shuttle's on point?
The fools intend to die?
Field strength holding at eighty percent.
We can still push it!
A little more... A little more...
The enemy is confused from loosing its target.
We will push through the enemy, then become the shuttle's shield!
To seek life in the clutches of death... She's a remarkable fairy.
Boson readings originating ahead of the shuttle's heading.
What?!
Problem. We'll be flanked at this rate.
This is not what I bargained for.
Situation Prediction Being flanked and suffering a BRUTAL BEATING
Don't you have any armaments?
We took them off in the process of camouflaging.
Had to be thorough, I see.
Undoubtedly this is a mutiny on a cosmic scale!
In the eyes of the United Earth Charter, this is a clear threat to peace.
We are evil.
However, space-time transference ushers in a dawn to a new world,
a new canon of order!
Light the way for our heroes!
Visualizing!
Destination! United Earth Headquarters Building!
Destination! Unified Forces GHQ Building!
Navigators, continuing with visualization!
Image transfer rate at fifty percent.
Initiate transfer enhancement program.
Run in multi-mode.
Multi-mode input.
Akito!
Where do you want to go, Akito?
Not so fast, cuties.
Now, one more time!
What are those two up to?
And another one!
Supposedly they're reenacting high stress acceleration G
in the style of old anime.
Amazing how those pilots can have fun at a time like this.
One more!
Boson reactions from 50km ahead!
What?!
This one's big!
Whoa, trouble to the power of two.
Firing gravity blast cannon!
Emergency leap! Run!
Captain, Minato-san, did you see that?!
Crew chief?
Hey, all of you, how are ya?
Seiya-san, why are you there?
You know, "I thought this might happen, so..."
Glad I made it out here before you did.
You can laugh this off as being a convenient plot twist!
But behold! Behold how this is such a cool development!
And behold this technology!
Ain't no way you can keep a mechanic from all this mysterious new technology!
Those scratch marks on his face are definitely from his wife.
Ain't no way you can keep a mechanic from all this mysterious new technology!
The price of a convenient plot twist, I guess.
In any case, Seiya-san, Hari-kun, I'd like to know.
How did you boson jump?
A convenient plot twist, yes, but...
Let me explain!
Yes, they arrived from nowhere and...
International High Speed Communications, occupied!
Sir, we're almost done...
Yes, a new order will come into being.
3, 2, 1..."Kaboom!"
Get to Know the Nadesico! «The Movie Version»
Hello, it's been awhile. Nice to meet you.
I'm Inez Fressange, medical and science crew officer for the Nadesico.
Control over politics, economics,
entertainment, morality and chastity
in the new order ushered in with the arrival
of the era of boson jumping, is their true goal.
So how would boson jumping change the world?
Question.
Yes, Ruri-chan?
I believe everyone has the same question burning inside.
Didn't you die, Inez-san?
Yeah, that's right! Why are you alive?!
Why am I alive? How rude. All right.
This time I'll explain.
Hey, it's the washed up womanizer.
Ouch, that hurts.
Then there are people out there making noise
about how I'm a Class A war criminal and all sorts of other gossip.
We don't care a rat's ass about any of that!
Just hurry up and explain what's going on!
Hey, Ryoko-kun, weren't you in the Unified Forces?
Who cares about details like that!
In any case, to trick the enemy,
sometimes you need to trick your friends, you know.
See, since Tenkawa-kun and the Captain were abducted,
having her officially listed as dead was the most effective step we could take.
Can I ask you a question?
Yes?
Akatsuki-san, are you a bad guy or a good guy?
You get straight to the point, don't you?
Oops, I have a call on the other line.
See ya!
Oh boy. This really is something.
It's all right. Leave the rest up to me now.
Yes, Sir!
Right! The stage has been set.
Time to go!
United Earth General Assembly Hall
Enemy guard force silent!
We'll make our assault now!
Well now, aren't we eager?
Megu-tan...
Hello everyone! I'm Megumi Reinard!
We're the Howmei Girls!
We'd like to extend to all of you attending our concert the warmest welcome.
Please let yourself have a great time.
The General Assembly? Where is the General Assembly of the UE?!
Pros-san on the guitar!
I don't know about this.
Yoshisada Munetake on the bass.
Happy!
And we have Howmei-san jumping in on the keyboards!
All right!
Hya! Hya! Hya! Hya!
Drums by Kou-Ichiro Misumaru and Genpachiro Akiyama!
And our special guest!
Nagare Akatsuki!
Don't underestimate the stinkin' rich!
Divine Retribution!
Distortion Field?
Told you, don't underestimate.
You fiends! What is the meaning of this?!
The meaning of this?
It means you should stop doing meaningless things.
What?!
No organization that attempts to take the General Assembly members hostage
will ever be able to take the world.
Thou needst not die.
Then we can kill you!
Traitor Nagare Akatsuki! Divine Retribution!
Most of the soldiers outside have been neutralized.
Give yourselves up.
Boson jumping... A new model, is it?
It's been sometime, Ensign Kawaguchi.
Commander Tsukuomi?!
I've just heard Ruri-chan made it to the Nadesico C.
It's a done deal.
Yes...
Once she becomes one with Omoikane's systems, they'll be invincible.
So all that data collected off of our fighting has paid off.
You're going?
Revenge. It's a word that would have been so unlike you in the past.
The past is the past, now is now.
Thanks for refueling.
It's nothing.
I'm just on an errand from the chairman.
Cancel all the hits?!
What is that supposed to mean?! Explain!
Well, sir, the enemy's new weapons and persuasions...
Persuasions?
Tsukumo Shiratori must be rolling in his grave right now.
Men of courage from the former Jovian Federation and Earth, lay down your arms.
Boson reaction directly overhead!
What?!
We have visual from surveillance craft. It's the Nadesico!
Nadesico?!
SLEEPING
TIME TO REST
Hey you! Stay at your posts!
It's not us! The units are moving on their own.
What?!
SLEEPING
Losing control!
Hijacked the system?
The Fairy?
Phase transition engine, no abnormalities reported.
All stations please shift to alert status pattern B.
Hari-kun, take over all of the Nadesico's systems.
All of them?!
Not just the backups?
Yes, I'm going to take over all enemy systems on Mars.
I can't cover the ship's systems then.
Nadesico C will be all yours.
But, but...
You can do it, Hari-kun!
It's your turn to pay her back all the pampering you got!
And so, Ruri took control over all enemy units in and around Mars.
She is something.
How are you feeling?
All right.
But it's no cake walk to have to jump an entire battleship to Mars in one leap.
I'm sure.
A new order...
Hello, everyone.
I am Ruri Hoshino, captain of United Earth Space Fleet's Nadesico C.
Former Jovian Federation Vice-Admiral Haruki Kusakabe,
I place you under arrest.
Silence, vile witch!
We will triumph.
Fight to the bitter end!
I want your word that my subordinates will be taken care of.
Seven boson readings...
Ruriruri!
Don't bother.
I'll leave them to him.
Are you sure, Sir?
Surprise attacks employing jumping are a double-edged sword.
With Amaterasu gone, our chances for victory were half and half.
But once a Class A Jumper was revealed to be still alive, our chances...
Time to end this.
Who are you?
I am Ruri.
This is my friend Omoikane.
And you are?
Lapis.
Lapis?
Lapis Lazuli.
I was born inside a Nergal laboratory.
I am Akito's eyes,
Akito's ears,
Akito's hands,
Akito's feet,
Akito's... Akito's...
I can sense your fear, your anguish.
No matter how thick the armor you don,
the heart's weaknesses are still exposed!
Sir!
What?!
Here comes the cavalry!
Men who interrupt a duel ought to be kicked into the river Styx by a horse!
Horse number one!
The second!
So that makes me a horse too?
That's right, and being a horse...
Ryoko rides him under and...
Hey, that's good.
You jackasses! No one rides anyone!
Oops!
Well, we'll leave it up until later to find out
if she'll ride me or I ride on her lap.
Right, Lieutenant?
You fool!
Just listen to their sweet nothings.
You bastard! You just wait till after this is done!
They might be yapping, but they're formidable foes!
Damn it! I'm out!
Amazing how far you've gotten.
I've witnessed true persistence.
We end this now.
Damn it! Stop fooling around!
We're fighting, we're fighting.
Serious fighting. Here I fire at thee.
Quick draw?
How absurd!
Remarkable...
What? All of you?
You're all so much older.
Thank God, you're clueless as usual.
I've been seeing this dream all this time.
Akito?
Where is Akito?
Goodbye!
Are you sure this was a good idea?
You're not about to stop him when he says he needs to go.
But what's he going to do from now on?
He'll be back.
And if he doesn't, I'll just go after him.
Ruriruri?
Because...
Because he's a precious person!
Hitori aruki no my revolution
My revolution on which I walk alone
Ikutsumono deai ni mitsuketa
How many things I found out when I met you
Yasashisa... Setsuna sa...
Such as gentleness and sadness
Kokoro ni hiraku kyabasu wa
The canvas which enlightens my heart
Kizutsuitari yogoretari, demo
Is getting damaged and becoming dirty
Egakare dasareta
But on it, a faint emotion
Awai kannjyou
began to be drawn
Anata no koe, anata no Kami, moshimo
Your voice, your hair
Sennen tatte attemo mada oboeteiru
Even if we meet after a thousand years, I'll still remember you
Hoshi no kazu hodo
Like the number of stars in the sky,
Anohi no koto, ashita no koto, motto
Please, give me more recollections
Omoide kudasai watashi wa
Of that day, for tomorrow
Anata wo kesenakute
Cause I can't erase you from me
Forever full up my love
Tatakai tsuzuketa generation
This generation that kept on fighting
Egao no oku ni namida iro no
Is hiding the power of their tears
Tsuyosa wo himeteru
In the bottom of the smiling face
Nanika wo motome
Which asks for something
Anata no me mo, anata no yubisaki mo
Your eyes and your fingertips
Umare kawatte soredemo mada sagaseruwa
you are reborn, and even so I still can look for them.
Hoshi no kazu hodo
Like the number of stars in the sky,
Ai ga atte yume ga atte dakedo
I met loves and I met dreams, however
Kawaranu omoi wo kasanete
Piling up unchangeable feelings
Anatato ikitaino
I want to go with you,
Forever full up my love
Kami wo hodoite miageru orion
I let down my hair and look up orion
Anata ga tooku kannziru
I can feel you far
Uchikesu youni
As if you are denying me
Anata no koe, anata no Kami, moshimo
Your voice, your hair
Sennen tatte attemo mada oboeteiru
Even if we meet after a thousand years, I'll still remember you
Hoshi no kazu hodo
Like the number of stars in the sky,
Anohi no koto, ashita no koto, motto
Please, give me more recollections
Omoide kudasai watashi wa
Of that day, for tomorrow
Anata wo kesenakute
Cause I can't erase you from me
Forever full up my love